Triathlon New Zealand - Latest News [Page 3]
Schools And Community Engage One on One with Triathlon Stars
Friday, 1 April 2016, 4:24 pm | Triathlon New Zealand
Some of the world’s best triathletes are in town to compete in Sunday’s Quality Hotel Plymouth International ITU New Plymouth World Cup, but they have also taken the time to spread the fitness message to school children throughout the region. More >>
Stars Come to Taranaki to Race in ITU World Cup
Thursday, 31 March 2016, 2:20 pm | Triathlon New Zealand
The women’s field for the Quality Hotel Plymouth International ITU New Plymouth World Cup Triathlon is - like the men’s, stacked with high class triathlon talent – triathlon royalty you might suggest. More >>
Junior Team Named For Mexico World Champs
Tuesday, 29 March 2016, 2:16 pm | Triathlon New Zealand
Triathlon New Zealand has named a six-strong Junior (U19) team to travel to the ITU World Championships in Mexico in September this year, with a full complement of three men and three women set to line up in Cozumel. National Junior Champions ... More >>
Van der Kaay Impresses on World Cup Debut
Sunday, 13 March 2016, 5:48 pm | Triathlon New Zealand
Nicole van der Kaay has posted an impressive 16th place on debut at ITU World Cup racing in Mooloolaba yesterday, the 20 year old coping well with the step up to World Cup racing in a quality field while fellow Kiwi Deb Lynch was 31st. The women’s ... More >>
Four Strong Kiwi Team to Race in Mooloolaba
Friday, 11 March 2016, 10:53 am | Triathlon New Zealand
Four New Zealand athletes will race at the ITU Mooloolaba World Cup Sprint event on Australia’s Sunshine Coast this weekend, two in the elite men’s race and two in the elite women’s event. More >>
Aussies Set for East Coast Raid at Oceania Champs
Thursday, 10 March 2016, 10:49 am | Triathlon New Zealand
Aussies Set for East Coast Raid at Oceania Champs Australia will send a strong and large team of athletes for the upcoming Sovereign Oceania Triathlon Championships in Gisborne, to be held on March 19 and 20. With Oceania titles on the line, ITU ... More >>
Sissons in Strong Start to the ITU Season
Sunday, 6 March 2016, 11:36 am | Triathlon New Zealand
Sissons in Strong Start to the ITU Season New Zealand’s Ryan Sissons began the 2016 ITU World Triathlon Series season in strong fashion, posting a 7th place finish at the Abu Dhabi rave overnight on Saturday night (NZT), in a consistent display ... More >>
Samuels Back in Racing Mode After Lengthy Layoff
Friday, 4 March 2016, 11:54 am | Triathlon New Zealand
The World Triathlon Series for 2016 gets underway in Abu Dhabi this weekend and racing features a New Zealand representation in what is this season a standard distance event in the only Middle Eastern location to host a WTS race. More >>
Taranaki Father Sheds 67kg
Thursday, 4 February 2016, 10:42 am | Triathlon New Zealand
Taranaki Father Sheds 67kg – Targets Second World Champs at Kinloch Stephen Houghton has completely turned his life around. Six years ago he was very unwell. He weighed 151kg, had heart and cholesterol problems, sleep apnea and was pre-diabetic. But ... More >>
Hewitt Confirms Support Team for 2016
Saturday, 23 January 2016, 9:06 pm | Triathlon New Zealand
Christchurch Triathlete Andrea Hewitt is training at her customary intensity which she built with the late Laurent Vidal and has confirmed the change of her coaching and support team in the lead up to the 2016 Olympic Games. Hewitt has confirmed Chris ... More >>
King And Maier Rule Wanaka
Monday, 11 January 2016, 10:11 am | Triathlon New Zealand
King And Maier Rule Wanaka Malcolm King (Hamilton) and Simone Maier (Wanaka) took out the standard distance races at the Sovereign Tri Series Wanaka event today, in doing so claiming South Island Championships to go with their respective age group ... More >>
Wanaka Ready to Host Latest Round of Sovereign Tri Series
Wednesday, 6 January 2016, 11:55 am | Triathlon New Zealand
Wanaka Ready to Host Latest Round of Sovereign Tri Series The Sovereign Tri Series continues with event number three for the summer and the first for the year 2016 when Wanaka hosts the South Island Championships amongst a host of races to suit ... More >>
Rare Bone Condition Can’t Keep Wanaka Teen From Tri Dreams
Wednesday, 30 December 2015, 4:56 pm | Triathlon New Zealand
When 16 year old Christchurch triathlete Ben Marshall-Lee lines up at the Sovereign Tri Series Wanaka event on January 9, he will do so with memories of a rare bone disease that once kept him on the sidelines for 12 months and threatened his involvement ... More >>
2016 High Performance Squads Named
Tuesday, 22 December 2015, 10:24 am | Triathlon New Zealand
The Elite Selection Commission of Triathlon New Zealand today announced their 2016 High Performance Squads, with athletes named to three different tiers based on past performances and tracking towards pinnacle events. Each will receive support to enable ... More >>
Hewitt Confirms Rio Plans
Friday, 18 December 2015, 11:12 am | Triathlon New Zealand
Hewitt Confirms Rio Plans Triathlon New Zealand has been in constant contact with Andrea Hewitt and her support team in France and here in New Zealand over the past six weeks since the tragic death of her fiancée and coach Laurent Vidal. During ... More >>
National Junior Triathlon Series Begins in Taupo
Wednesday, 16 December 2015, 12:24 pm | Triathlon New Zealand
National Junior Triathlon Series Begins in Taupo This weekend sees the first season of the National Junior Triathlon Series kick off with the Future ChampioNZ Festival in Taupo, with close to 100 of the country’s best young triathletes (aged 15 to ... More >>
Funding for Triathlon HP Programme Maintained
Friday, 11 December 2015, 2:24 pm | Triathlon New Zealand
Triathlon New Zealand received mixed news today with the funding rounds for 2016 announced by High Performance Sport New Zealand (high performance) and for 2017 and beyond by Sport New Zealand (community funding). HPSNZ has reinforced their support ... More >>
Triathlon New Zealand Sets Sights on Rio
Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 3:23 pm | Triathlon New Zealand
Triathlon New Zealand today began the final push on the Road to Rio, with media invited into the High Performance base in Cambridge to meet with coaches and athletes and to hear of the objectives and goals for the months ahead as the athletes were put ... More >>
Warriner Bows Out a Winner at Sovereign Tinman
Monday, 30 November 2015, 10:31 am | Triathlon New Zealand
Near perfect conditions greeted the 700 plus competitors in the 27th running of the iconic Tinman Triathlon at The Mount today, with fast times, smiling faces, sunblock and ice creams the order of the day. More >>
Podium Spots Up for Grabs
Friday, 27 November 2015, 11:19 am | Triathlon New Zealand
PODIUM SPOTS UP FOR GRABS IN WOMEN’S RACE AT SOVEREIGN TINMAN This weekend might well see one of the more difficult races to predict in the 27 year history of the Sovereign Tinman, with the women’s standard distance podium beckoning to any number ... More >>